e earth with the light of Thy justice, and to illuminate
their hearts with the brightness of Thy knowledge. I am, O my Lord, Thy
servant and the son of Thy servant. I bear witness unto Thy unity, and Thy
oneness, and to the sanctity of Thy self and the purity of Thine Essence.
Thou beholdest, O my Lord, Thy trusted ones at the mercy of the
treacherous among Thy creatures, and the calumniators amidst Thy people.
Thou knowest what hath befallen Us at the hands of them whom Thou knowest
better than we know them. They have committed what hath torn the veil from
such of Thy creatures as are nigh unto Thee. I beseech Thee to assist them
to obtain that which hath escaped them in the days of the Dawning-Place of
Thy Revelation and the Dayspring of Thine Inspiration. Potent art Thou to
do what pleaseth Thee, and in Thy grasp are the reins of all that is in
heaven and all that is on earth." The voice and the lamentation of the
true Faith have been raised. It calleth aloud and saith: "O people! By the
righteousness of God! I have attained unto Him Who hath manifested me and
sent me down. This is the Day whereon Sinai hath smiled at Him Who
conversed upon it, and Carmel at its Revealer, and the Sadrah at Him Who
taught it. Fear ye God, and be not of them that have denied Him. Withhold
not yourselves from that which hath been revealed through His grace. Seize
ye the living waters of immortality in the name of your Lord, the Lord of
all names, and drink ye in the remembrance of Him, Who is the Mighty, the
Peerless."

We have, under all circumstances, enjoined on men what is right, and
forbidden what is wrong. He Who is the Lord of Being is witness that this
Wronged One hath besought from God for His creatures whatever is conducive
to unity and harmony, fellowship and concord. By the righteousness of God!
This Wronged One is not capable of dissimulation. He, verily, hath
revealed that which He desired; He, truly, is the Lord of strength, the
Unrestrained.

We once again refer unto some of the sublime words revealed in the Tablet
to His Majesty the _Sh_ah, so that thou mayest know of a certainty that
whatever hath been mentioned hath come from God: "O King! I was but a man
like others, asleep upon My couch, when lo, the breezes of the
All-Glorious were wafted over Me, and taught Me the knowledge of all that
hath been. This thing is not from Me, but from One Who is Almighty and
All-Knowing. And He bade Me lift up My voice between earth